Horror Maker——
“对我来说，最佳的效果是读者在阅读我的小说时因心脏病发作而死去。”——史蒂芬•金
正因为史蒂芬•金常常以惊悚小说出名，使的很多人对于他能否获得诺贝尔文学奖的疑问置之一笑。然而在恐怖小说的文学领域，全世界恐怖片爱好者都是他最忠贞的拥趸。恐怖大师——实至名归。论原著被改编为影视剧的比率，史蒂芬•金可以排第二（第一则是莎士比亚）。的确很多人虽然没读过他的书，却为他的电影痴迷过。
TOP 10 movies based on Stephen King’s books
蒂芬·金小说改编的十大电影
1.The Shawshank Redemption
《肖申克的救赎》
This movie is one of only three from the IMDB website that has a rating of over 9.0 (out of 10), and is rated as the second best movie of all time on that website, and for very good reason. This amazing movie is based on the equally amazing novella about a banker who is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and is sent to a sadistic prison where the guards and warden are both corrupt. The acting is incredible, the storyline is amazing, and everything about this movie works. Not only is this the best movie ever adapted from a Stephen King work, but many cinema fans agree that it was one of the better movies ever made.
IMDB网路电影资料库（Internet Movie Database）中有三部电影的影评达到9.0分以上，《肖申克的救赎》就是其中一部。同时，它也因诸多因素被评为史上第二位最好的电影。这部精彩至极的电影基于同名小说改编。故事讲述的是以为银行家错误地被审判为杀妻的凶手，并被送往一个充满暴力的监狱。这里的狱警和典狱长都在做着贪赃枉法之事。电影中各个角色的演绎是非常到位的。故事主线跌宕起伏，电影中的每个细节都是某种暗示。这部电影不仅仅是史蒂芬•金最优秀的作品，更是无数电影迷们推崇备至的圭臬。
2.Misery
《危情十日》
This was one of the best horror novels written by Stephen King, and the best movie based on a horror work. Annie Wilkes, the number one fan, is the worst nightmare of every celebrity, or every individual who has ever been stalked. An author gets in an accident, but is “rescued” by an obsessive fan, who ends up killing anyone who snoops around and creates the word “hobbling.” Anyone who saw the movie just winced at the mention of that word. Kathy Bates is exceptional as Annie Wilkes, and one of the most convincing movie psychopaths of all time.
这是一部史蒂芬•金所写的最恐怖的小说之一，同时也是恐怖电影中的佼佼者。电影中的安妮•威尔克斯，是一名骨灰级粉丝，但对于一位名人来说更是恐怖而又挥之不去的梦魇。电影讲述的是一位作家遭遇到车祸，意外地被一名极度喜欢他小说的粉丝安妮带回家“照料”。最终，安妮杀掉了周围所有试图靠近她家的人并且完美演绎出了“蹒跚”这个单词的精髓（当她晃动着肥大的臀部走动时，看上去就是个不折不扣的老母猪。甚至片中还真让她耸着鼻子哼哼着模仿猪。）。每个看完该电影的人都会对这个“蹒跚”单词感到无比的恐惧。饰演安妮的著名演员凯西•贝茨以其精准的演技恰到好处的塑造了一个精神病为主角的恐怖电影。
3.Stand by Me
《伴我同行》
This film is also on IMDB’s list of the top 250 movies of all time, and is a fantastic coming of age story about a group of four strange mismatched friends from junior high who try to track down a missing boy, presumed dead, by following some train tracks. Meanwhile they learn about each other and themselves, and end up all changing forever because of that several day journey. This is a very touching film with some sadness, and shows that Stephen King is not “just a horror writer.” This movie is based on the King novella “The Body.”
这部电影也曾经入围互联网电影资料库前250部电影行列。电影讲述的是还是初中生四个的性格迥然的小伙伴，为了在电视台上出名，根据自己掌握的线索，共同去寻找一具失踪男孩的尸体的故事。在寻找的路途中他们从彼此身上学到了许多，并最终完成了蜕变。这是一部深藏着一丝惆怅的感人至深的电影。它向世人证明了史蒂芬•金不仅仅是一位恐怖作家。这部电影由他的著作《尸体》改编。
4.The Stand
《末日逼近》
This epic mini-series is based on the epic novel about a post apocalyptic Earth where most the world was killed by a Super Flu. This was one of King’s greatest works, and the movie did a good job staying close to the storyline considering the massive amount of material it had to ingest into the plot.
这部基于史蒂芬•金史诗级别的小说，所拍摄的电视剧是一部关于地球的启示录。片中的超级流感杀死个世上许多人。这是金的一部杰作。这部电影牢牢抓住了故事的主线，并在故事的阴谋之中注入了大量的元素。
5.The Mist
《迷雾》
Based on a long short story (or short novella, depending on how you look at it), this story has long been popular with Stephen King fans. This movie was extremely well done, capturing the terror of what happens when an unexplainable mist moves in, bringing a variety of mutated insects, huge tentacles, and all kinds of terrifying beasts into a town. Locked in a super market, not only do they have to worry about the other worldly terrors outside, but by a religious fanatic creating a child sacrifice cult that splits the survivors inside. This film has an ending that you will never forget… perhaps one of the most memorable in all of movie history.
这部电影改编自一篇比较长的短篇小说或者说是一篇略短的长篇小说（这篇小说的定义，取决于你对这部小说怎么看）。这个故事常常被史蒂芬•金的粉丝们津津乐道。这部电影将小说搬上荧屏是非常成功的。一个暴风雨后的早晨，城市里出现了难以解释的大雾天气，大家对雾气中变异的生物充满了未知的恐惧。巨大的触角、和各种恐怖的袭击使得小镇陷入无限的危机中。被困在超市中的主角，不仅仅要担心来自外面的恐怖袭击。更是有些狂热的宗教分子提出以小孩子的性命进行祭献才能免除灾难。这些言论无疑让幸存者门之间产生了隔阂。这部故事的结局保证让你永生难忘••••••也许，结局是你看过的所有电影之中最令人难忘的那个。
6.The Shining （ King version）
《闪灵》
While I think the Stanley Kubrik version is a good movie, King didn’t like it on the basis that it didn’t follow his story, so if the author doesn’t like it, it doesn’t make the list. King’s version, appearing first as a mini-series, is an exceptional horror film that really brings the book to life and delivers a terrifying film that is worth the watch every time.
我认为斯坦利•库布里克所导演的版本是非常不错的，但是史蒂芬•金本人却不怎么喜欢，因为它并没有忠实地跟着小说的情节走。所以，如果作者本人不喜欢这部电影，我们就不把它列出来了。我们就谈谈金喜欢的电视剧版吧。这是一部格外恐怖的电影，它将书中的恐怖气息彻底挥发了出来，这部电影可千万不要错过。
7.The Green Mile
《绿色奇迹》
Some will argue this movie should be rated higher, and they may have a point, but the fact that there are enough great movies based on Stephen King works that a film this good (rated on the top 250 movies ever on IMDB) could arguably not be in the top five just shows that there are some gems out there. Not only is Tom Hanks great in this film, but this touching movie (a not heavily hidden allegory of the Jesus story) follows the film and is a fantastic watch that generally follows the books very carefully.
有些人应该会认为这部电影的排名还应该更靠前一点，无论这些人的理由是怎样， 事实上就是这样（排名第七），因为这里有这么多史蒂芬•金出彩的好电影，每一部影片都堪称杰作。虽然该部电影曾经入围互联网电影资料库，即IMDB，（Internet Movie Database）的前250最佳电影行列。这部电影的成功，不仅仅依靠汤姆汉克斯的完美演出，这部感人至深的电影（一部浅浅地暗喻着耶稣故事的电影）是一场奇异的视觉体验，并且也非常忠实地还原了小说中的故事。
8.Hearts in Atlantis
《亚特兰蒂斯之心》
One of the seemingly great secrets about Stephen King is he’s not just a horror author. Some of the best literary fiction of the past 50 years has been penned by King, and the movie “Hearts in Atlantis” is based on one of those novellas, playing down the supernatural and playing up the amazing story line and lives of the characters involved. The book “Hearts” has four novellas, and this film is only based on one of them, but it is a faithful and quality adaptation with great acting, great direction, and a film that individuals who don’t like King will even enjoy. This movie is a modern classic, in the same vein as “Stand by Me.”
从这部影片我们可以看出，史蒂芬•金并不仅仅是位恐怖小说作家。过去50年间的一些最佳文学小说，史蒂芬•金的作品还是能入围的。《亚特兰蒂斯之心》就是以其中一篇小说改编的。电影是由《Hearts》这本书来的，该书原有四部故事组成。而这部电影仅仅是用了其中的第一个故事，但是电影真实地还原了这篇小说的精髓。可圈可点的演绎，堪称完美的导演，使得那些不喜欢史蒂芬•金的人都会不自觉地看下去。和《伴我同行》一样，这部电影是当代的经典。
9.Secret Window
《秘密窗》
This is based off a Stephen King novella and stars Johnny Depp and John Turturro. This is one of my personal favorite King movies, and if you’re a writer or a would be writer, this movie will have an added bonus. Johnny Depp’s character, Mort Rainey, is a successful writer struggling with a divorce, when a sociopathic stranger, John Shooter, shows up claiming that Rainey stole his story. Shooter demands credit, and has no issue killing anyone in his way until he gets everything he wants. This story has a fantastic surprise ending, great acting, and a creepiness that is hard to match.
这部电影是基于史蒂芬•金的中篇小说改编，并由约翰尼•德普和约翰•图图罗联袂出演。史蒂芬•金的所有电影中，这是我最喜欢的电影之一。如果你是一名作家，或者想当一名作家的话，这部电影将对你大有用处。约翰尼•德普所饰演的角色——莫特•雷尼，虽然是一名成功的作家但是却面临着离婚的烦恼。突然有一天，一名叫做约翰•舒特的神经质陌生人打破了他的生活，他声称莫特剽窃了他的小说故事。舒特要求得到原本属于他的名声和应有的补偿。如果他得不到自己的东西，他就发誓要把所有挡着他道的人统统杀死。这个故事有个令人惊奇的结尾。演员完美的演技和令人毛骨悚然的感觉是其他作品难以企及的。
10.Rose Red
《血色玫瑰》
“Rose Red” is a little over four hours and is a great modern version of the classic haunted mansion ghost story. A professor who has been fired for her paranormal studies takes a bunch of psychics into a haunted manor, secretly hoping that their powers will “jump start” the manor like a jump to a dead car battery and give her the evidence she needs to make her career… or she could be going insane and hoping for immortality. It’s not completely clear on this point, which makes the movie all the more interesting. This movie has good characters, some really scary scenes, and ties together very well at the end.
《血色玫瑰》是一部片长超过四个小时的电影。是将传统鬼宅故事翻新的杰作。故事围绕着一位曾经被自己研究的超自然现象烧伤的心理学教授，试图解开闹鬼庄园的秘密而展开。这部电影的地位不容小觑，真是可怕的场景在影片的最后很好地交织在了一起。她暗地里希望这股奇异的力量能够依附到她身上从而改变她的人生••••••或者说她能够通灵然后让自己永生。正因为她的目的让人捉摸不透，使得这部影片充满吸引力。这部电影的人物角色有其独特之处，真实而又惊悚的场面促成了这部电影的成功。